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Craziness ensues when the powers that be go on vacation. My week has been a bit loopy. Weird questions and odd requests, but I've survived long enough to get to a Things I Love Thursday post :)

  • Angel- I didn't watch Buffy or Angel when they were on. Back when I was moving out of the apartment in Madison, I started watching both on Hulu. However, since Hulu only had so many seasons up, I sort of stalled. I like Buffy, but when I got to Dubuque I really wanted to watch Angel. However, neither the public library or UD had the series. Not true anymore!! Now we've got the entire runs of both Angel and Buffy. Yay! I've watched all of Season 2 this weekend, and have moved onto 3. So much fun. I have a feeling after running through Angel, I'll be picking Buffy back up in Season 3 where I left her.
  • YA lit- I got to do a book talk for the Children's Lit class on Monday. I'm by no means an expert in YA lit, but I am a big fan. It's fun to go into the class and be a bit validated in my interest and knowledge. Also...I just love to talk about books :)
  • sunshine- Despite the crazy heat, I've really loved seeing the sun these last few days. I spent part of Sunday outside soaking it in. Thankfully I only managed to miss one little spot on my shoulder, so no major sunburns. Thanks to Gilmore Girls park (really called Washington Park) was bustling with the DubuqueFest Arts festival. I ended up down at the riverwalk pavilon to do some reading. I spent a bit of my time down there just sort of staring off into the river. I've seen the Mississippi River too many times in my life to count, but every once in a while I'm still a little mesmerized by it.
  • summer hours- I don't always dig the 7:30am start time, but summer hours do have their advantages. I get to work from 7:30-5 Mon-Thur (w/ 30 min lunch) and then just 8-noon on Fridays. Leaving at noon on Fridays making all my summer traveling that much easier to do. Plus, even though you know you've worked the same number of hours, it's just a mental trick into thinking it's not so bad :)
  • [edit] sugar-free popsicles- OMG not sure how I could have missed these the first time! With the 90+ degree weather early in the week (so not normal May weather for Iowa), I turned to my favorite "it's too hot to think or eat" comfort food. Popsicles. Despite their lack of any nutritional value, I continue to be convinced that I could totally subsist off of them for like 3 days if necessary. Let's just hope I'm never called upon to test that theory!

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